OTHER
STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON, SOON AFTER I
STARTED LEGAL ACTION
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22.
On Thursday, February 17th 1983, I had two job interviews at Pratt
& Whitney Aircraft of Canada - one with Lyla Daudelin of Personnel, the other
with Mr. C. Scholtz who was a long-standing friend and old colleague of E.
Schulz (see above) because E. Schulz himself used to work at Pratt &
Whitney with Mr. Scholtz (who told me about this himself).
June 3 1983 Report para.
31 HERE
23. On
Friday, February 18th, I telephoned E. Schulz at SNC informing him of my
meeting the previous day at Pratt & Whitney with his old colleague
there. June
3 1983 Report para. 32 HERE
In late
November 1982, I had asked E. Schulz if he was prepared to give me a reference
to show to future employers (such as the N.R.C.) and he gave me one a few days
later. Exhibit (14).
Reference from Mr. E. Schulz
- CLICK HERE
I asked him, if he was prepared to back up this reference if Mr. Scholtz
at Pratt & Whitney called him. Mr.
Schulz replied that, if Mr. Scholtz asked him whether I was causing SNC any
problems, then he intended to say that I was suing SNC. Furthermore, Mr. Schulz said, I had “better
not do it or it could be a black mark against you”.
24.
There was thus a suggestion that SNC might use my (perfectly legitimate)
compensation claim as a reason for making it difficult for me to get another
job, by giving me bad references. After
speaking to my lawyer I wrote a letter to Mr. Schulz and sent copies to top
executives in SNC including the Chairman, Mr. C.A. Dagenais. Exhibit (15).
Among other things, I told Mr. Schulz
that if he made difficulties for me at Pratt & Whitney then I would find
out about it, and that this could result in me suing SNC for a considerable
extra sum of money.
June 3 1983 Report para.
33 HERE
THE DOCUMENT JUST REFERRED TO WAS A
HAND-WRITTEN LETTER WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE LATER ON.
25. On Monday, February 21st, I
telephoned Lyla Daudelin at Pratt & Whitney warning her of the problem with
Mr. Schulz at SNC and followed this up with
a letter plus copies of the reference from Mr. Schulz, and references from
other employers, which was delivered by courier the same day. Exhibits (16), (14), (17), (18), (19), (20).
June 3 1983 Report para.
34 HERE
THE DOCUMENTS JUST REFERRED TO WERE
HAND-WRITTEN LETTERS WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE LATER ON.
26. 10 days later, I learned that I
did not get the job at Pratt & Whitney.
The reason, I was told, was because another man who used to work in the
same department for which I was interviewed, and then left, applied for his old
job back so he was the obvious choice. (In this situation, I do not believe
that anything that Mr. Schulz might have said could have affected the outcome
as far as I am concerned). June 3 1983 Report para. 35 HERE
I DON’T THINK ANYTHING THAT SNC MIGHT HAVE SAID
TO PRATT & WHITNEY WOULD HAVE MADE
ANY DIFFERENCE HERE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SLIGHTEST SUGGESTION
ABOUT BLACKBALLING UNDER THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES MUST BE CONSIDERED A “BLACK MARK” FOR CANADA AND MORE PARTICULARLY QUEBEC
27. On March 1st 1983, I
went to my local Canada Employment Centre office at 5250 Ferrier to enquire
about other work –outside engineering - as I thought the chances of finding
anything in my field, after being out of work for 8 months, as negligible. They
could not help me but directed me to the Canada Manpower office at 305
Dorchester West (see paragraph 2 above).
So I telephoned Canada Manpower at
305 Dorchester West explaining that I had been out of work for 8 months: they
reiterated that they could not help me until I had been in Canada for 12 months
but informed me of their other office at 1000 Guy Street - which dealt with
people who had been in Canada for less than 12 months. Why they did not tell me
back in July 1982, I do not know. June 3 1983
Report para. 36 HERE
SO WHY COULDN’T THEY GET THEIR FACTS STRAIGHT IN
THE FIRST PLACE?
The next day (March 2nd) I had a preliminary
interview at 1000 Guy Street and they arranged an interview for me on March
28th with Mrs. M.F. Lahaye. June 3 1983 Report para. 36 HERE
28. On Monday, March 21st, 1983, I
went in to SNC's offices to see an old colleague - Mr. H. Millar - who had
agreed to provide me with a reference, which he handed to me. Exhibit (21). Whilst we were talking, Mr. Schulz came by
and asked me to leave saying he had been given instructions to this
effect. June
3 1983 Report para. 37 HERE
THE DOCUMENT JUST REFERRED TO WAS A
HAND-WRITTEN LETTER WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE LATER ON.
EFFING STUPID. DON’T THESE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE DAMAGE SUCH
BEHAVIOUR COULD DO TO CANADA’S REPUTATION AS A PLACE TO WORK AND LIVE?
OBVIOUSLY NOT – THEY JUST THOUGHT THEY COULD DO AS THEY LIKED, WITH IMPUNITY,
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT NOBODY WOULD EVER FIND OUT WHAT THEY DID AND EXPOSE IT.
I sent a
stern rebuke to the President and Chief Executive Officer - Mr. Jean-Paul
Gourdeau - as I assumed this instruction must have come from him, and sent
copies to Mr. Schulz and other people. Exhibit (22).
June 3 1983 Report para. 37 HERE
THE DOCUMENT JUST REFERRED TO WAS A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER WHICH
WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE
LATER ON.
30. On Monday, March 28th, I had an
interview with Mrs. M.F. Lahaye at Canada Manpower's offices at 1000 Guy
Street, Montreal. After explaining my
situation she suggested that I write to the Minister of Immigration and Labour
- Mr. Lloyd Axworthy - and that I should also write to the M.P. for Côte St.
Luc (where I lived at the time) - none other than the then-Prime Minister, the
Right Honourable P.E. Trudeau. June 3 1983
Report para. 39 HERE
SUBSEQUENTLY, I DID WRITE TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE P.E. TRUDEAU, BUT GOT
NOWHERE.
Mrs. Lahaye also told me that Canada
Manpower were prepared to give financial assistance to any employer willing to
offer me a job, as compensation to the employer for any re-training etc. that I
might need.
June 3 1983 Report para.
39 HERE
I COULD NEVER FIND ANY SUCH EMPLOYER.
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